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Get your flu vaccination before the countdown to Christmas
GP surgeries and community pharmacies in West Lancashire have been working tirelessly to vaccinate thousands of residents as part of the biggest flu programme in UK history.
West Lancashire residents urged to get winter ready
As winter approaches, West Lancashire residents are being encouraged to get Winter Ready.
Managing medication is made easier thanks to the POD
Local NHS prescription service now extended to cover greater population of residents in West Lancashire. NHS West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCG) Prescription Ordering Direct Service (POD) has now been extended with a base in…
Implementation of revised and updated clinical policy on Assisted Conception Services
We wish to bring to the attention of patients and members of the public that the revised and updated clinical policy for assisted conception services has been approved by the CCG. A new policy for commissioning spinal injections and radiofrequency…
Places of safety to support young people in mental health crisis across Lancashire and South Cumbria
Hospitals across Lancashire and South Cumbria are using government funding to provide safe and appropriate spaces for children detained the Mental Health Act.
Edge Hill University announces Medical School
Edge Hill University will offer an access to medicine course from 2019 and train doctors from 2020, following the announcement by the Secretary of State for Health to establish a Medical School at the University in West Lancashire.
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Local health body to meet in Hilldale, Ormskirk
Healthcare commissioners in West Lancashire are to hold their next governing body meeting in public at Hilldale on the Ormskirk Hospital site
Nurses from across the region to be thanked this International Nurses Day
In West Lancashire and Sefton, nurses from across primary care, hospital, community and home care settings are to be celebrated as part of the global annual recognition on May 12 (the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth) for their tireless…